MONTREAL — A Montreal suburb has adopted a bylaw that bans all smoking in public places in what is believed to be a first in Canada.
Hampstead city council adopted the legislation Monday night by a vote of five to two.
It prohibits tobacco or...Read More

TORONTO — Doug Ford told a group of nearly 2,000 supporters that he plans to "take back this province" at his first major event since he was made leader of the Progressive Conservative party earlier this month.
Addressing a...Read More

BURNABY, B.C. — RCMP say more than a dozen people protesting the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline have been arrested at a construction site in Burnaby, B.C.
A B.C. Supreme Court judge granted the company an...Read More

WHISTLER, B.C. — RCMP say human remains linked to a missing Australian woman have been found near the resort town of Whistler, B.C.
Police say in a news release that Alison Raspa was reported missing last November.
Visitors to Alpha Lake Park...Read More

EDMONTON — Alberta is suspending portions of its draft plan to protect threatened woodland caribou, saying more research needs to be done and that Ottawa needs to help out.
Environment Minister Shannon Phillips told the house Monday that the...Read More

OTTAWA — Health Canada wants to reduce the alcohol content and the size of the sugary, high-alcohol drinks like those sold under the FCKD UP and Four Loko brands.
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor is launching consultations...Read More

OTTAWA — The Liberal government has unveiled Canada's 12-month UN peacekeeping commitment to the west African country of Mali. It includes two Chinook helicopters to provide medical evacuations and logistical support, along with four smaller,...Read More

CALGARY — An Alberta man who was nicknamed "balloonatic" for soaring over the Calgary Stampede grounds in a lawn chair held aloft with helium balloons says he's planning a legal flight that would break a skydiving...Read More

If laughter is the best medicine, then standup veteran Mike MacDonald was a healer in the minds of many Canadian comedians.
Members of Canada's comedy scene were remembering MacDonald on Monday, not only for his ability to ...Read More

WINNIPEG — A group that represents defence lawyers says some proposed laws aimed at cracking down on drivers distracted by hand-held electronic devices go too far.
Manitoba and Ontario are two provinces planning to let police temporarily...Read More

Uber Technologies Inc. has suspended all of its self-driving vehicle testing — including a program in Toronto — after what is believed to be the first fatal pedestrian crash involving autonomous vehicles.
Uber's testing was halted after...Read More

SIX ROADS, N.B. — A dramatic, three-vehicle New Brunswick crash involving a logging truck has claimed the life of a Canton-des-Basques man.
Tracadie RCMP say the man was driving on Highway 11 near Six Roads Thursday afternoon when his car...Read More

OTTAWA — Canadian peacekeeping forces, which once numbered in the thousands, have dwindled to dozens in recent years, prompting the Liberal government to promise to re-engage in UN peace missions. On Monday, the government announced...Read More

BATTLEFORD, Sask. — A Saskatchewan farmer who was acquitted last month in the fatal shooting of a young Indigenous man is to be back in court April 16 to face gun charges.
Gerald Stanley was charged in November 2016 with two...Read More

MONTREAL — The leader of the Coalition Avenir Quebec says he wants to form an energy alliance with Ontario and the Atlantic provinces if he becomes premier this fall.
Francois Legault's plan would involve building additional power lines to...Read More